Handle

B16762

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16762
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area surface
Period Jemdet Nasr Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone
Iconography Animal
Description

UE IV: knife handle (?) of black steatite, in the form of a boar's head; behind the head is a flat tang pierced with 2 holes for attachment

CBS Register: V Season. stone handle in the form of a boar. originally inlaid. c.3000 bc. surface find.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7590 - Field No SF

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